The Professional Teacher
Support for teaching professionals in the classroom and beyondAssessment - relying less on data and more on teachers’ judgment

23rd January 2018
The majority of teachers have excellent knowledge of their students, with or without the data - so argues Tom Sherrington in this article that offers sage advice on improving the quality of assessment without the fetish for data dumping.
One comment by @dylanwiliam comes to my mind: 'Assessment is a good servant, but a terrible master.' Relevant piece by @teacherhead Assessment too often fails to prioritise learning – let's change that https://t.co/Xs72WWC0jj
— Chris Grabski (@ChrisHGR) January 23, 2018
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